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Serial ATA If you have arrived here through a search engine, and there’s no menu to the left click here! Introduction There have been some components of PCs that haven’t changed much since the early days of PC’s, nearly 15 years ago. Floppy drives are still around, and haven’t changed …

Checking Hardware and Software Compatibility Regardless of whether you are doing a fresh installation of Windows® 2000 or upgrading from a previous Windows operating system, checking your hardware and software for compatibility with Windows® 2000 is a must. Before you attempt to install Windows® 2000, use the tools and resources …

If your computer manufacturer has indicated that you need a new BIOS and you do not update it, or you install the wrong BIOS version, your computer may stop working properly. Please be aware that installing an incorrect BIOS update may cause serious damage to your computer system. Review the …

If you have Internet access, or you have a limited access or you are a business or corporate user and would like the analyzer in a floppy disk format in order to run it on several machines, you can download a two diskette version either from this site or directly …

Windows® NT File System In the early 1990s, Microsoft set out to create a high-quality, high-performance, reliable and secure operating system. The goal of this operating system was to allow Microsoft to get a foothold in the lucrative business and corporate market–at the time, Microsoft’s operating systems were MS-DOS and …

What are the configuration commands used? The config.sys file is found in the root directory of the C: drive (or other boot drive) of every PC. The config.sys tells MS-DOS which peripherals and devices are installed on your computer. Only in MS-DOS 4.0 or higher, may programs may be started …

New Computer Inquiry By providing the following contact information, you will enable us to personalize the information we will be preparing for you as well as enable us to know with whom we are dealing. This substantially reduces the incidences of Internet fraud. None of the information that you provide …

Welcome You have arrived at our “Components Shop” Here you should be able to find nearly anything you need to build or repair a computer or server! ..and if we don’t have it, we’ll find it! Unlike most retailers, we don’t ship tons of product every month ( we’d like …

Confused by all of the Intel processor types? Need more information on  what SEP, SECC, SECC2, PPGA and FC-PGA means or what the processors look like? If so, click on the link here:   Processor Identification   Buy one? 

Windows Millennium Edition Installation Test Results (Summary) Okay, what did we learn from all of this? Quite allot really, much of which we have assembled in a checklist format below. Let’s first take a candid look at what Microsoft tells us are the “Top 10 Reasons to Upgrade to Windows …